Nominated for Best Mystery/Thriller on Goodreads! And Now at Joseph-Beth!

The Road of Regret has been nominated as best mystery/thriller novel of the year at Goodreads.  Okay, it was a write in nominee by one person, but it isn't a person that I know, so that makes it pretty special.  Here is what she said in the email letting me know:

Hi there. 

Just wanted you to know that I cast a write-in vote for The Road of Regret in the best mystery/thriller category in the 2013 goodreads book awards competition. I edit books and stories for a living, so I'm constantly reading. However, when I got to that category in the voting, I had to be honest and admit that I hadn't enjoyed any of the pre-selected books in the category as much as I had enjoyed yours. I know that it would be extremely unlikely for your book to win up against such huge names in the category, but I felt that you should at least know that someone liked your book enough to nominate it over Dan Brown and James Patterson.

Best wishes,

Annie

 How very, very kind of Annie!

Also, got to see my book on the shelves at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington this week!  It is quite surreal to see your book on the shelves of a bookstore.  Apparently I was so excited that I couldn't hold my phone steady for the picture. Now, hopefully, they will sell out and order more.

October: Half Over

It was a  busy week.  Monday morning started with some amazing sky - at least for a few minutes.  On Wednesday, I had to travel to Bowling Green and back for work - 247 miles each way.  I snapped exactly one picture during my 9 hours on the road.  On Friday, it was off to Grundy, Va.  No time for any pictures that day.  So I went over to Dewey Lake this morning for some great fog and foliage.

Meanwhile my giveaway of 10 signed paperbacks of The Road of Regret ended at midnight.  892 people registered for the giveaway and 317 folks added to their "to read" shelves, so I'm very happy with the results.  Now to get the 10 copies shipped!

Monday Morning

Wednesday near Somerset (KY)

Green Apples

Fallen

Honeysuckle

Early Birds

 

Dewey Lake 1

Dewey Lake 2

Book Giveaway!

Ten copies of my novel, The Road of Regret, are going to be given away on Goodreads! Click the "Goodreads Giveaway" tab above to enter. Or click below. Not a member of Goodreads? You can join for free, rate and review books you've read, and receive recommendations for other books you may like.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Road of Regret

by Jeff Damron

Giveaway ends October 20, 2013.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

The Road of Regret is Now Available as a Paperback

For those who don't want or don't like ebooks, or who just prefer the feel of a real book in their hands,  a paperback version of  The Road of Regret is now available through the Amazon link in the right column beside this blog.

Book Update: The Reviews are in!

Well, maybe not "the" reviews, but ten reviews so far have been posted on Amazon.  Thank you to the readers who took time to do that!  What do they say?  Here's a sampling:

"Road of Regret" reminded me (in a great way!) of the police procedurals that I enjoy watching on TV, but I think that fans of FX's "Justified" (which is also largely set in Eastern Kentucky) will REALLY enjoy this murder mystery.

Emily Northcutt

I literally read it in one day and an evening. Because it's that good! Don't miss out. If you love a good crime mystery or even you don't, you will love this book. The twists and turns in the story kept me wanting more.

LizaN

I loved this book ! It was full of twist and turns and a few surprises.

pattylynn

You can see more reviews here.

Haven't reviewed it yet?  Please consider posting one at Amazon or Goodreads.  Or both - I don't want to impose limits.

Miss the big End of August/Beginning of Labor Day Weekend Giveaway?  If you are an Amazon Prime member you can borrow a copy for free - just follow the Amazon link above or on the right hand side of this blog.

FREE in 3! But...

...actually available now!  The upload and review and approval at Amazon went quicker, and smoother, than I expected, so The Road of Regret is available now.  You can see it here.  But it will still be available for free this Friday and Saturday for your Labor Day weekend reading.  Also, if you are an Amazon Prime member you can borrow it at any time for free (and I still get paid on that!).

A couple of tidbits until then.  First, here is the original picture before it was worked up to become the dark and brooding cover of the novel.

And here is the description of the book on Amazon:

Detective Leander Justice has been toiling long on his personal road of regret. It is a highway paved with stones of actions and inactions, large and small; choices made, fraught with consequences foreseeable yet unforeseen. He thought he could find an exit on his road, and escape his tragic past. He thought he could return to the innocent, small Appalachian town of his youth. But it was Lee that had been innocent, not the town. Now the killing has begun. And no one can be trusted. Not his Captain. Not the Coal Baron in residence. Not the Judge. Definitely not the Judge. But even the road of regret forks on occasion. Lee ultimately finds himself at a crossroad. He must choose: The way of Law? Or the way of Justice? As the crimes hit ever closer to his home and heart, he alone must decide how far will he go to protect those he loves.